Discovery in the Dark Headlamp tours are conducted in the last part of the Discovery Trail. Visitors are supplied with helmets and headlamps, and tours are conducted by Forest Service guides with the cave lights off. This allows visitors an experience closer to that of the early Caverns explorers.

The Discovery Trail follows the path of the first explorers through large water-carved passages, under the natural entrance, along the cave stream, and through enormous, beautifully decorated rooms. This longer, more strenuous tour is 1.2 miles long, with nearly 700 stairsteps. Do not take this tour if you have walking, heart, or breathing difficulties.

If the Wild Cave Tour is not shown as available on the Web or the Call Center, please call the Caverns directly at 1-870-757-2211.

The Wild Cave Tour takes visitors through the undeveloped sections of the middle level of Blanchard. Participants should be in good physical shape, wear sturdy boots with ankle support and aggressive tread, and come prepared to get dirty and have fun. They will climb very steep slopes, crawl on hands and knees, pass under low ceilings, and travel through red clay. Coveralls, hard hats, kneepads, gloves and lights are provided. Participants need to bring an extra pair of shoes to change into after the tour. The Wild Cave Tour is limited to a minimum of three and a maximum of twelve people. Participants must be at least ten years old, and a responsible adult must tour with ten to twelve year olds. This tour is available by reservation only.

The Dripstone Trail Tour travels through two huge rooms filled with an incredible variety and number of crystalline formations - sparkling flowstone, towering columns, and delicate soda straws. This shorter, easier trail takes visitors almost half a mile through the Caverns. All stairs can be avoided. For information regarding accessibility specifically, the use of wheelchairs, please contact the Caverns at 1-870-757-2211.

The Dripstone Trail Photo Tours allow for the use of time exposures, tripods, and other photo equipment. The tours provide time but not instruction for cave photography. There is no group rate for this tour.

The Discovery Trail Photo Tours allow for the use of time exposures, tripods, and other photo equipment. The tours provide time but not instruction for cave photography. There is no group rate for this tour.

Prices: Adult: $20.00

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